[libvirt-users] Retry reboots in xmls files for libvirt

Fernando Porro ferporrog at gmail.com
Mon Jan 20 15:14:34 UTC 2014


Hi,

I am not using quemu, i am using XEN, is there any option to allow me to do
that?

In the libvirt documentation specify that those options are only available
on quemu.

BR

//Fernando


2014/1/16 Martin Kletzander <mkletzan at redhat.com>

> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 04:59:20PM +0100, Fernando Porro wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a virtual machine defined by xml that start from pxe (network
> boot),
> > my problem is that sometimes the dhcp server is not ready when the
> virtual
> > machine try to boot.
> >
> > I need that the virtual machine keep asking for dhcp (network reboot)
> many
> > times, until dhcp is ready and can start the virtual machine with a valid
> > ip.
> >
> > How can I configure that in the xml file?
> >
>
> I'm not sure you can configure that for ipxe or qemu, but you can set
> the reboot timeout for the machine in <os> tag like this:
>
> <bios rebootTimeout='0'/>
>
> that means immediate reboot when there is no place to boot from.  In
> order for it not to boot from any other device or for any other
> details, see http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html
>
> Have a nice day,
> Martin
>
> > BR
> >
> > //Fernando
>
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